GameDev News - July 3, 2020
- Dev/Tools/Tech
- Unity
- Making of The Heretic: The VFX-driven character Morgan
- Learn to code or teach Unity with two live courses coming in July
- Achieve better Scene workflow with ScriptableObjects
- Exploring the Unity MARS Starter Templates
- Where Are You Wasting Your Game's Memory? (Memory Profiler: Part 2)
- Unity 2019.4.2 / 2018.4.24 /2020.1.0b14 /2020.2.0a16
- Unreal
- Godot
- Microsoft
- Other
- Unity
- Industry News
- Microsoft-related
- VR/AR
- Other
- Ubisoft reportedly places executives on leave amid abuse investigation
- 3DS, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Last of Us Part 2 lead UK Charts
- Roblox player spending passes $1.5bn on mobile
- EGX goes digital as physical show is cancelled
- Super Nintendo World park opening reportedly delayed due to COVID-19
- Apple reportedly ending some Arcade contracts, seeking higher retention
- Amazon's Crucible retreats into closed beta
- Tencent starts US studio to make AAA games for next-gen consoles
- Discord raises $100m to further expand beyond games
- PlayStation now has a dedicated initiative for indie games: PlayStation Indies
- NBA 2K21 price is $10 more expensive on Xbox Series X and PS5
- Kongregate no longer accepting new titles, undergoing layoffs
- OFCOM reports that only 3 to 6% of all gamers have ever purchased loot boxes
- Evo CEO dismissed, event cancelled amid accusations of misconduct and abuse
- PlayStation unseats Nintendo in June with The Last of Us Part 2
- Games/Retro/Misc/Stuff I Think is Interesting